X-ray technology is a marvelous invention that allows doctors to take a peek inside our bodies. And it's still the best way to see what's wrong with us when we're sick or injured. But on rare occasions, X-rays have revealed some weird and unusual things lodged inside a patient's body. And, boy, do we mean weird. We're talking about things as tiny as rings to things as dangerous as hand grenades. Stuck up, down and generally just inside of human bodies. Yup. Let that sink in (literally). I mean, hand grenades. Hand grenades! Don't believe it? Then check out these crazy X-ray pics you have to see to believe.

Nice Shot

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Two school boys in China were practicing their archery when one of the friends shot a 16-inch arrow right through the eye socket of 11-year-old Liu Cheong. The back of the skull was the only thing that stopped the arrow. Fortunately, the boy was rushed to Hida Hospital in eastern China and survived the ordeal.

I'll Be Colon You Back

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Just 35 miles southeast of the capital of El Salvador is the maximum-security prison in Zacatecoluca, where one prisoner was found to have been hiding a cell phone inside his colon. When they investigated further, they discovered that three other prisoners were in the same predicament. We hope that call was worth it.

You Got Nailed

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Usually, getting nailed is a good thing, but not in Patrick Lawler's case. The Colorado man found out that his toothache was not related to a cavity or an infection. But it was the dentist who was shocked when he looked at the x-ray and found this nail passing through the roof of his mouth and ran straight up to his brain.

What You Leave Behind

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Australian patient Pat Skinner had returned to the hospital 18 months after the 69-year-old woman had parts of her colon taken out at Sydney's St. George Hospital in May of 2001. What doctors found in her stomach were a pair of scissors that had been accidentally left inside of her abdomen.

Spooning

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Zhang Weiwei, a 22-year-old varsity student from the Wuhan University in central China's Hubei Province swallowed a 14 cm metal spoon when a friend jumped up on top of her to say hi, which shocked her. Doctors lassoed the spoon with a wire snare that went in her stomach, but there was no internal bleeding.

Lights Out

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Doctors at a Saudi Arabian hospital in the Al-Ahsa region discovered a 21-year-old man with a lightbulb inside of his stomach. The man went to the E.R. after getting sick. When x-rays showed the unusual object, they immediately operated on him. Turns out he had been living with a light bulb he swallowed when he was 10.

The 2 Pound Stone

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Sandor Sarkadi from Hungary went to the hospital with extreme back and side pain that felt like he was being thrust with hot pokers. To his relief, the x-rays showed a 7-inch kidney stone that was the source of the pain. Once removed from Sandor, the kidney stone looked like an ostrich egg and weighed 2 pounds.

One Ring To End It All

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When it comes to weird x-ray pics, this one takes the prize. Turns out Reed Harris from New Mexico slipped a wedding ring into his girlfriend, Kaitlin Whipple's milkshake and she drank it! Unfortunately, this ruined the romantic moment, especially since he couldn't finish proposing until she "passed" it along out.

Aspirin Can Not Cure This Headache

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Imagine having a headache that lasts for four years. Well, that is exactly what happened to a man in Seoul, South Korea. He went to the hospital, and after he had an x-ray, both him and the doctors were shocked. He had a nail embedded in his skull. The patient was unaware of it for four years.

A Hand Not A Head Grenade

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The x-ray is said to be a 1966 relic from the Vietnam War. No one really knows anything of its true origin. The hand grenade is embedded in the soldier's forehead. The x-ray photo was part of a training textbook which stated that the soldier had been walking behind another soldier who set off a mine. The explosion struck the second soldier.

Talk About A Photo Bomb

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Luis Eduardo Perez Arango, a soldier from Bogota, Colombia had to have surgery outside because of what his x-ray showed. He had a live grenade lodged in his face. The military hospital made a temporary operating outside in the parking lot to keep other patients safe in case the grenade went off.&nbsp; He is doing just fine now.

The Nail Gun Death

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Chen, Liu, 27, who was also known as Anthony Liu, was found dead near the Georges River in Sydney, Australia in 2008. The x-ray revealed he had been shot 34 times in the neck and head with a nail gun. Then his body was dumped in the river. Now that sure is one brutal way to check out of this life.

Taking The Plunge

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<p>Yassin Elmansouri, 17, stabbed a boy, 16, during a failed robbery by a bus stop in south London in November 2007. That's enough to make anyone cringe. Ironically, he never lost consciousness, and there was no brain damage. So after being treated, the kid made a full recovery, and Elmansouri got a life sentence.</p>

In Lieu Of A Toothpick

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<p>Lin Kong borrowed a four-inch-long pair of nail scissors to get something stuck in his tooth. Unfortunately, the 27-year-old laughed so hard when a friend told a joke that he swallowed it, and as he tried coughing it out, it went in deeper causing damage. But doctors at the Putian hospital in China managed to save him.</p>

A Warm Meal

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<p>Houdini, a 12-foot Burmese python from Ketchum, Ohio nearly died after swallowing a queen-size electric <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13939272/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/surgery-removes-electric-blanket-python/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blanket</a>, including the control box and electric cord. The owner, Karl Beznoska, assumed the blanket was close to the python's dinner, which was a rabbit. But surgery safely got the blanket removed.</p>

Close Call

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<p>In 2007, a teenager snuck up on Sgt. Dan Powers in Eastern Baghdad and stabbed him on the right side of his head with a 9-inch knife, of which 4 inches had managed to penetrate the soldier. Powers had no idea what had happened to him. But was taken to a combat hospital where he made a full recovery.</p>

Puppy's Got Indigestion

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<p>In 2005, Elsie, a 6-month old St. Bernard from Plantation, Florida underwent a 2-hour surgery to have a 13-inch serrated knife removed from its stomach. Owner, Jane Scarola is happy to have her knife and her puppy back at home, and despite the fact that Elsie has an 8-inch scar, it did quite well after the surgery.</p>

The Drilling Headache

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<p>Ron Hunt barely survived an accident in which an 18-inch drill bit went through his right eye and into his skull. The construction worker had landed face-first on the drill. Fortunately, he didn't suffer any permanent damage after his brother Chris, and his nephew Ben rushed him to the E.R. in Reno, Nevada.</p>

A Cobblestone Snack

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<p>Talk about weird x-ray pics! A young woman in China got into a spat with her boyfriend and decided that eating over 20 cobblestones would make things right. It didn't. She assumed eating and drinking would help flush the stones out. But they didn't and she had to be rushed to the hospital to get medical help fast.</p>

That Is Not Where The Key Goes

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<p>Nicolas Holderman, a 20-month-old from Perryville, Kentucky was rushed to the hospital by helicopter after he fell on some keys. Keys don't normally hurt anyone in a bad way. In Nicolas' case he fell on them head first and they went right through his eye straight to his brain. After six days in the hospital, his eyesight is perfect.&nbsp;</p>

Slippery When Wet

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<p>Yi Zhao arrived at the hospital in Chongqing, China with a bathtub tap and 16 inches of pipework stuck in his eye socket. While getting ready to bathe, Yi Zhao accidently slipped and went head first towards the tap. He even pulled the tap out himself at the hospital because he was tired of waiting. He made a full recovery.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

A Tough Act To Swallow

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<p>Being in prison can be tough mentally, emotionally and sometimes physically. Some prisoners in Raleigh, North Carolina pass the time by trying to pass hazardous materials like batteries, and bed springs through their stomachs. Maybe they wanted a bit more iron in their prison diets. Who knows?</p>

Using The Wrong Butt Plug

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<p>A World War II veteran was rushed to the ER because he had a bullet up his rectum. The worst part was that the bullet could go off at any minute so a bomb squad was called in. The veteran suffered from hemorrhoids that hung low and would get stuck to his underwear. He thought using a bullet to shove them back in was a good idea.</p>

That Was Not Lettuce

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<p>At the Poriya Hospital in Tiberias, Israel, a 32-year-old woman had to have laparoscopic surgery to remove a fork from her stomach. She used the fork to try to remove a cockroach that she accidentally swallowed while cleaning her home in northern Israel. Unfortunately, she swallowed the fork, and the roach was digested too.&nbsp;</p>

When A Toy Becomes Food

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<p>Haley Lents, an eight-year-old girl from Indiana, learned the hard way that magnets attract. While she was playing with her Magnetix toy in the living room of her Huntingburg home, she swallowed ten magnets, and twenty steel balls. At the hospital, she told her parents that she thought they were candy.&nbsp;</p>

Now What?

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<p>This x-ray is of a not so smart terrorist's abdomen. Look closely and you'll see that he swallowed a hand grenade. The only problem with him wanting to be part of the suicide bomb terrorist club is one little thing. He forgot to take off the pin from the grenade. Unless he had magical powers, there was no way it would go off.&nbsp;</p>

Have A Seat Please

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<p>Liam Peart and Shafique el-Fahkri, both 20, got into a bar fight at a nightclub In Melbourne, Australia. Shafique was rushed to the ER. During the fight, Liam threw a metal chair and the chair leg went through Shafique's eye socket and his neck. Liam pleaded guilty, and Shafique survived with perfect eyesight.&nbsp;</p>

Would You Like A Fork, Knife or Spoon?

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<p>Almost 30 years ago, in Rotterdam, Netherlands the surgeons were shocked when they saw what a 52-year-old woman had swallowed. Margaret Daalman's x-ray showed 78 different items of cutlery. Apparently, she suffered from a disorder known as <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223563/The-woman-knife--swallowing-entire-canteen-cutlery.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pica</a>, where the individual has cravings for non-food substances.</p>

Python's Snack

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<p>Tara McLaren, 14, noticed that one of her nine cats was missing in Darwin, North Australia. Turns out that eight-month-old <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1934926/Python-makes-meal-of-kitten-in-Australia.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tabby</a>, got eaten by a 6-foot long carpet python. The snake dislocated its jaw to swallow the entire feline. Tabby's remains were found in the snake when they performed an x-ray at the Ark Animal Hospital.</p>